spruce

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Both of them kept looking over their shoulders and scanning the horizon, but so far the only things Owen had seen were small clusters of gray rocks and bent dwarf spruce trees.

From Literature

She moved into his mother’s house and spruced it up with a new fence and fresh coat of paint, the relative said.

From Los Angeles Times

The researchers found that beetles feeding on spruce trees absorb defensive compounds from the phloem, especially phenolic glycosides such as stilbenes and flavonoids.

From Science Daily

Scott showcased the stunning makeover on his YouTube account, revealing all of the steps it took to spruce their dwelling up for the holidays.

From MarketWatch

"Previously, it was spruces or cedars, but today, we find endemic species better adapted to the climate," Merdan Arazmedov, a member of Turkmenistan's Nature Protection Society, told AFP.

From Barron's